The Bristol Rovers Courier
Squad5 Nov 2029
Jack Walton keeps Bristol Rovers in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 11 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Match31 Oct 2029
Bristol Rovers bow out of the cup
Crystal Palace go through and Bristol Rovers go home, 0‑2 the scoreline that did it. The dressing room will call the league the priority now, because that is what dressing rooms say.
Match3 Nov 2029
No end in sight to Bristol Rovers's wait for a win
8 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Bristol Rovers has to find a result from somewhere.
The dugout5 Nov 2029
Harrison Duncan says Bristol Rovers went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad5 Nov 2029
Benny signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Benny commits to Bristol Rovers for another 4 years.
Squad5 Nov 2029
Tempers go at Bristol Rovers
Will Alves was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad5 Nov 2029
Dan Burn falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
The dugout5 Nov 2029
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Market5 Nov 2029
Bristol Rovers and Cameron McGeehan are talking past each other
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
In brief
- The dugout Bristol Rovers keep their word to Kostas Tsimikas
- Player ratings Nobody on the pitch touched Will Alves
- The dugout Jack Walton gets picked when it counts